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[Dante_V]

Abyssal drain requires less mp than unleash? Huh?

[Faytte]

Abyssal drain requires less mp than unleash? Huh?

No it doesnt but its 120 potency for roughly 20 ish % more mana. Unless you are starved for the mana, its better to abyssal drain as you are saving to output more damage and threat (and frankly, mana is largely not super relevant in aoe situations due to blood price? Not saying you can spam it to high hell, but on its own without the DA affect, its generally better).

[MuzakFan]

No it doesnt but its 120 potency for roughly 20 ish % more mana. Unless you are starved for the mana, its better to abyssal drain as you are saving to output more damage and threat (and frankly, mana is largely not super relevant in aoe situations due to blood price? Not saying you can spam it to high hell, but on its own without the DA affect, its generally better).

Wanted to point something out here. Abyssal and Unleash generate the same amount of enmity due to the hate multiplier being higher on the latter. Despite it doing 20% more damage, it DOES NOT generate more hate. SOURCE HERE

I only use Abyssal for situations where 1) I can boost it with DA in large packs; 2) as a ranged nuke if for some reason I'm not in melee range of a large pack; or 3) the increased damage from Abyssal outweighs the higher MP cost. Otherwise, I stick to Unleash.

[Calib0s]

Abyssal drain requires less mp than unleash? Huh?

That's not what efficiency means, but actually looking at the values again I was wrong. They're nearly identical in terms of mana efficiency. Abyssal drain will yield more DPS since it is higher damage per cast for the same mana efficiency.

This is entirely missing the point however. They are nearly identical spells that fill exactly the same role. There's really no reason to have both.

Yes, I understand the mechanical difference and marginal usefulness in having a spell that requires a target vs. a PBAoE. I just don't think that's enough to justify a spell slot.